Drinking patterns and the risk of serious liver disease

Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-252

  Brandish, Emma ^a   Sheron, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; CANCER RISK; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; RISK;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; FATTY LIVER, ALCOHOLIC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; RISK;

EID: 77953257557     PISSN: 17474124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/egh.10.27     Document Type: Editorial

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